We can’t even begin to wrap our heads around this. Since May 11, the words “Bells Up Winery” and...
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When Winery Reflections’ Nathan and Courtney Marton visited us last year, they were particularly eager to try our estate...
Wine writer Allison Levine of Please the Palate and the Napa Valley Register recently published the article, “The Wonderful...
Well, apparently it’s been a slow week for wine news, because it turns out that Eric Degerman, president and...
Late last summer we were delighted to finally meet the dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind Winery Reflections, Nathan and Courtney...
Thanks go to Cori Solomon of The Written Palette for including our 2017 Firebird Summit View Vineyard Syrah from...
It was a delight to host Dave Nershi, publisher, writer and reviewer of Vino-Sphere, here last spring. He enjoyed...
We had the opportunity to share our wines and tasting experience with Andy Harris (pictured above with Winemaker Dave),...
Wine writer and blogger Cori Solomon of The Written Palette (pictured above with Winemaker Dave in our Seyval Blanc...
We were extremely fortunate to host a small group of highly regarded wine and travel writers here last August,...
The Bells Up Winery Story…
“If you’re this successful in a career that makes you sick, stressed and miserable… how much more successful would you be doing something you love?”
That’s the question Sara asked Dave almost two decades ago, following his mental and physical breakdown from more than a decade as a successful corporate tax attorney. This, while watching Sara’s professional mentor battle pancreatic cancer at age 40.
The answer, for us, was that life is too short to spend unhappy. So we turned the basement hobby that brought Dave joy — winemaking — into Bells Up Winery.
Today — micro-boutique, un-domaine and always open by appointment — Bells Up composes 600 cases annually of handcrafted, classically-styled Oregon Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Schioppettino with grapes sourced exclusively from our estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.